Zap! Taser attacks spark police investigation

Seattle police are investigating robbery cases in which attackers use a Taser on victims.

The most recent case detailed by police happened about noon Thursday in the 700 block of North 102nd Street. A woman arrived home after shopping in Greenwood, parked in a garage and got out to remove items from her trunk. Two people approached her from behind.

“They tried zapping her on the neck with a Taser device but were unsuccessful,” Officer Garth Haynes wrote in an incident report. “(The woman) stated that she felt the object pressed up against her neck, and she heard three or four clicks.”

“The female suspect then grabbed her handbag and pulled it away from her.”

The suspects, a black man and black woman, fled in a large silver sedan. The woman was in her 20s, heavy had short dark hair and wore a white T-shirt. The man also was in his 20s, slender, “not real dark,” according to police and wore a jacket and hat.

Their vehicle was found in the parking lot of a church later that day, and police determine it had been stolen. Three detectives were included in the investigation.

Details of the May 20 incident were similar to two other cases being investigated by Seattle police. But officers have not publicly discussed those incidents and incident reports were not immediately available.